Entries from October 2010

JHS racks up yardage, points in 49-15 win over EJCHS

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, October 29. 2010
Jefferson racked up 477 yards of total offense Friday at Memorial Stadium to hand East Jackson a 49-15 drubbing in the third installment of this rivalry. With the loss, East Jackson (3-6, 2-4) finishes fifth in Region 8A-AA South and will play the no. 5 seed out of Region 8B-AA next week in the region play-in game to finish out the schedule. ... [Full Story »] 

Tigers Blanked By Bulldogs, 21-0

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Friday, October 29. 2010
The Tiger Nation was hoping to send retiring coach Steve Savage out of his final regular season home game in style, but didn’t get a chance to do that Friday night, as the Tigers were shut out by the Bulldogs of George Walton Academy 21-0. The first quarter was filled with near misses for both teams. After intercepting a Commerce pass just ... [Full Story »] 

Leopards win 53-28 over Vikings

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Friday, October 29. 2010
The Banks County seniors put on a show as the Leopards take the number two seed in the sub-region. Banks gets ready to play in the region play-in next week. Most likely the Leopards will be playing Hart Co. See next week's Banks County News for more. See more photos in the newspaper. Dylan Lackey runs in another touchdown. Lackey scored 5 TDs. ... [Full Story »] 

$47.5 million riding on Tuesday vote

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, October 29. 2010
Take heart, citizens, in less than a week you’ll be able to watch the World Series or your favorite reality show without being subjected to nasty political ads. It all ends Tuesday with the General election. National races are the focus as Republicans and Democrats battle for power in the mid-term elections. There are also several contentious ... [Full Story »] 

Nicholson budget up slightly

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, October 29. 2010
The Nicholson City Council is considering a 2011 budget of $410,000, which is up $5,000 over the current budget. At a meeting Thursday night, Nicholson Mayor Ronnie Maxwell presented the proposed 2011 budget to the council for consideration. During the discussion, Maxwell told the council that the proposed 2011 budget includes $20,000 for the ... [Full Story »] 

Voters should renew SPLOST on Tuesday

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, October 29. 2010
Would you rather pay 100 percent of the cost of a product or service or get it on sale for 40 percent off? In a sense, that’s the question Jackson County voters face in the upcoming election on the referendum about whether or not to continue the special purpose local option sales tax for another six years. Much of the $47.5 million the tax is ... [Full Story »] 

Jackson deputies make 29 arrests

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, October 29. 2010
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 29 people during the past week, including the following: •Anthony Michael Behlog, 23, 39 Miners Way, Braselton, burglary. •Brandon Dennis Cagle, 33, 705 Carson Segars Road, Maysville, violation of probation. •David Ray Graham, 24, 321 Whitney Road, Jefferson, battery, cruelty to children and ... [Full Story »] 

Time magazine highlights failure of local CB&T bank

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, October 29. 2010
Elton Collins didn’t make many former co-workers at Community Bank and Trust happy on Feb. 1 when, in the wake of the FDIC’s takeover of the Cornelia-based bank, he made a prediction. “There’s some people in our company going to jail,” the former Jackson County president of CB&T said. “I know damn well they’re going to jail.” ... [Full Story »] 

CHS Cross Country Prepares For Region Meet

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Friday, October 29. 2010
The Commerce cross country competed last Thursday at Riverside in a dual meet. Up next for Commerce is a trip to Athens for the region meet at Athens Academy on Thursday. Chase Klugh led the charge for the Commerce boys at Riverside, placing fifth with a time of 22.07. He was followed by Jeffery Henderson in (22.25), Nick Henderson eighth ... [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: Showing attitude

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Friday, October 29. 2010
This season has shown that Banks County has the attitude to play football. Last Friday night in Homer, the Banks County Leopards lost a close game to Fannin County, 13-12, that bumped the Leopards from the top spot in 8A-AA. It was plain to see after the game that the players took the loss hard, but what was really interesting was the fact that ... [Full Story »] 
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